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Gail Fisher

Model (person) / Stage Actress / Film Actress / Television Actress / Actress | * 08/18/1935 († 65, 12/02/2000) | Orange (United States of America (USA))
Gail Fisher (August 18, 1935 – December 2, 2000) was an American actress who was one of the first black women to play substantive roles in American television. She was best known for playing the role of secretary Peggy Fair on the television detective series Mannix from 1968 through 1975, a role for which she won two Golden Globe Awards and an Emmy Award; she was the first African-American woman to win those prestigious awards. She also won an NAACP Image Award in 1969. In addition to her acting career, Fisher was a successful jazz lyricist. ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Comedies | Drama | Action & Adventure

Known for these Movies & Shows

A female CIA agent is assigned to train and lead an all-female squad to Colombia to stop a renegade agent who has hired himself out to a drug cartel. ...

Mankillers

R

1987 | 2.2/5 | 1h 28min
Action
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Michael Long, an undercover police officer, is shot while investigating a case and left for dead by his assailants. He is rescued by Wilton Knight, a wealthy, dying millionaire and inventor who arrang ...

Knight Rider

NR

1982 | 3.8/5 | 48min per episode
Action & Adventure, Drama, Science-Fiction & Fantasy, Crime
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Mannix is an American television detective series that ran from 1967 through 1975 on CBS. Created by Richard Levinson and William Link and developed by executive producer Bruce Geller, the title chara ...

Mannix

TV-PG

1967 | 3.3/5 | 52min per episode
Action & Adventure, Crime, Mystery, Drama
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Families, friends, enemies and lovers experience life-changing events in the large upstate New York city of Port Charles, which has a busy hospital, upscale hotel, cozy diner and dangerous waterfront ...

General Hospital

TV-14

1963- | 2.8/5 | 36min per episode
Soap / Telenovela
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Awards & Nominations for Gail Fisher

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
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Movies with Gail Fisher as Actress(4)

as Secretary1990 Donor
as Joan Hanson1987 Mankillers
as Pauline Kramer1972 Every Man Needs One
as New Girl1960 The New Girl

TV Shows/Series with Gail Fisher as Actress(9)

as Thelma1982 Knight Rider
1982 Hotel
1969 Room 222
1969 Love, American Style
1969 Medical Center
as Helen1967 He & She
as Peggy Fair1967 Mannix
1960 My Three Sons
1959 Play of the Week

Full Name: Gail Fisher
Born: Sunday, 08/18 1935 (August) in Orange (United States of America (USA))
Died: Saturday, 12/02 2000 (December) in Culver City (aged: 65)
Zodiac sign: Leo (Chinese zodiac sign: Pig)
Languages: English (EN, native language)
Educated at: American Academy of Dramatic Arts, Metuchen High School
Gail Fisher frequently works together with these people:
Adam May-Bower (8x, Crew)
William Boyett (7x, Actor)
Harry Harvey (6x, Actor)
Jeanette Nolan (5x, Actress)
Jessica Walter (5x, Actress)
Don Galloway (5x, Actor)
Alan Oppenheimer (5x, Actor)
Ramon Bieri (5x, Actor)
Gene Reynolds (5x, Crew)
Michael Masters (5x, Actor)
Norman Alden (4x, Actor)
Jerry Paris (3x, Actor)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:212119, Added: 07/26/2018, Last updated: 04/12/2024